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Which Extant Predator(s) species hunt the most dangerous prey?
Topic Started: Jan 20 2018, 11:13 PM (1,165 Views)
Taipan
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Which Extant Predator(s) species hunt the most dangerous prey? Predation always carries risks, so which predator species takes the most chances in capturing prey?
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Grazier
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Lions and tigers. Buffalo, cattle, wild boar/bushpig, possibly small elephants on occasion (??). Or are you including the oceans? Orcas if so.
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Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu
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One adult Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) versus one adult common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius).
Edited by Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu, Jan 20 2018, 11:38 PM.
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Ryo
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Well, hunting quick and Venomous Snakes for the Mongooses seems like a pretty impressive feat and dangerous task.
Hunting large Rodents for small Weasels also seems like a very dangerous task.
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I say canids have to hunt dangerous prey alot of times even when they are hunting as a pack. They don't have the option to kill quickly like a big cat would, they instead have to chase an animal that could easily break their jaws during the chase or actually go head to head with an animal thats more than well equipped with size and strength in order to wear it down. My favorite example of this is when a lone female wolf took on a caribou without any help.
https://youtu.be/NdVIxS8tgYM
Edited by K9 Bite, Jan 21 2018, 03:02 AM.
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I think maybe Wolves taking on adult Bison, although many Felines are also pretty ballsy.
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Stouts do commit some impressive kills, thought not sure I'd count a rabbit as extremely dangorous...
https://youtu.be/HNbqvqf3-14
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For felines, Id say three contenders are :
1. Jaguar. Caiman form a large part of their diet and they are not fussed ttackling them in water.

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Here's a video of my above post:



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Jan 1 2018, 11:02 PM


2. Lions. as stated above they are prepared to tackle and prey on Cape Buffalo, which appear based on behaviour the most dangerous bovine to prey on. Lets watch what several claimed to be the supposed "Worst Big Cat Hunter" do its stuff:



3. Serval. They hunt and kill some of the most venomous, fastest striking and dangerous snakes (Puff Adders & Mambas) - WITHOUT - the inbuilt immunity other species of snake hunters are thought to have:





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Predatory ants as a whole, easily. A group of ants can kill pretty much anything that isn't ridiculously larger than them, and some things that are. They hunt spiders, scorpions, centipedes... All sorts of dangerous critters, all while caring little about the damage inflicted to individual ants.





Edited by Mauro20, Feb 12 2018, 05:31 AM.
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I think (predators that hunt alone mostly) Birds of prey are one,.. like eagles which can tackles the most dangerous prey for their size, like large snakes, dogs, pigs,small-medium size cats, monitor lizards, macaques that weighs up to 10-12 kg, prey that fights back capable of defending themselves ferociously.


This one looks like in trouble with a BIG monitor lizard...

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Edited by Wallacetic, Jan 22 2018, 03:53 PM.
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I'd say Orcas, prey doesn't really get more dangerous than hunting a Great white shark or attacking Sperm whale pods, even if both are a rare occurrence.
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I guess any animals that hunts venomous snakes and that dont have any immunity to the venom.
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For large cats, Tiger taking down Gaur alone is very impressive, and if there is any truth to their predation on elephants rolleyes , then they take cake for this among felines. I’d say the Jaguar as well. It’s just appalling how they just jump in the water to prey on another predator far comfortable in water than they are. I know it’s easy to discredit it because of the caiman not being some Gustave-sized monster, but at this point too many acts of predation on still impressive caiman have happened to just look past them.

Still when most people think of dangerous animals, venomous snakes comes to mind, so birds of prey, some mustelids and mongoose rule this category.
Edited by Hydrus, Feb 9 2018, 07:32 AM.
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Considering most wild predators target disadvantaged prey, be it due to age(old or young), illness, injury, circumstance (ie stuck in mud or whatever) or by surprise/ambush, I'd say the predator that takes the most risk would be domestic dogs and their prey wild boar. They uniquely among predators target (with preference) healthy prime dangerous adult males, and pay the price. They'd die in the act of predation more than any wild predator, which makes it case closed in accordance with the op really.
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Catch dogs usually require the help of human beings to actually kill a boar, and predation isn't just killing an animal anyway, it also requires eating it, something these hunting dogs aren't expected to do.
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